King of Jester 5K Race Report
The King of Jester 5K in Austin was the start of something that I've done for the 5th time (run more than one race in a day) as well as something else I had done for the 12th time (run in events on back-to-back days). For the complete list, please click here.
After driving a tad over 150 miles (140 exactly from the Shell station in Tomball), I arrived in northwest Austin at the bottom of Jester Boulevard in the cover of the night and for good reason: "Has anyone seen that hill?!" My first impression once the sun started to come up was that it was the place that we did hill workouts during Power In Motion on Jose Canseco's steroids and no grass!
Officially, the course measured 3.25 miles (as listed on the results) and included 750 feet or vertical climbing with the steepest climb reaching a grade of 20% while the steepest descent was 17%! It was imposing, to say the least, but it was one of those things that I thought: "What the heck! Might as well try it!" 156 other folks did the 5K as well. I finished 100th in a time of 35:33.38. Just under 11 minutes a mile. Not too bad for two huge hills!
The first hill is pictured on the web site (listed above). The second hill came after a steep descent and a bit of a run (which some of us were duped into thinking that there was actually a turnaround since we saw some runners earlier running the other way). However, we weren't focused on the obvious fact that they didn't have bib numbers. The latter hill wasn't as long but seemed as steep and the road itself was grated!
It was cool, fun and tough and would be something that I would encourage everyone to do. I talked to one gentleman who trains on the hill (there's nothing like it in Houston anywhere) and he had done the event last year. He had tipped me off that the second hill was tougher and he was right.
My gun time was 35:43.40 with no official "chip time" being recorded on the official results; however, I had logged a difference of 9.52 seconds between the gun and me hitting the map to give me a net time of 35:33.88! (There were no mile markers on the course, but mile splits would have been thrown out the window with a course like this.)
I got in about two minutes before 23-year-old Austinite Audra Teinert, who I talked to quite a bit before the race. She did well enough to finish 4th or 5th in her age group.
The event was well organized, timed by Run Far, who interestingly enough did the ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run 10K as opposed to Luke's or RunWild, and had a good post-race setup. The price after regular registration was a bit high ($30), but was worth it for a unique, different event.
I would take 290 East to Hwy. 21 (where I would go through Caldwell on the way to Bryan). In Bryan I picked up Hwy. 158 and eventually Hwy. 30 on into Huntsville for the second event of the day.
After driving a tad over 150 miles (140 exactly from the Shell station in Tomball), I arrived in northwest Austin at the bottom of Jester Boulevard in the cover of the night and for good reason: "Has anyone seen that hill?!" My first impression once the sun started to come up was that it was the place that we did hill workouts during Power In Motion on Jose Canseco's steroids and no grass!
Officially, the course measured 3.25 miles (as listed on the results) and included 750 feet or vertical climbing with the steepest climb reaching a grade of 20% while the steepest descent was 17%! It was imposing, to say the least, but it was one of those things that I thought: "What the heck! Might as well try it!" 156 other folks did the 5K as well. I finished 100th in a time of 35:33.38. Just under 11 minutes a mile. Not too bad for two huge hills!
The first hill is pictured on the web site (listed above). The second hill came after a steep descent and a bit of a run (which some of us were duped into thinking that there was actually a turnaround since we saw some runners earlier running the other way). However, we weren't focused on the obvious fact that they didn't have bib numbers. The latter hill wasn't as long but seemed as steep and the road itself was grated!
It was cool, fun and tough and would be something that I would encourage everyone to do. I talked to one gentleman who trains on the hill (there's nothing like it in Houston anywhere) and he had done the event last year. He had tipped me off that the second hill was tougher and he was right.
My gun time was 35:43.40 with no official "chip time" being recorded on the official results; however, I had logged a difference of 9.52 seconds between the gun and me hitting the map to give me a net time of 35:33.88! (There were no mile markers on the course, but mile splits would have been thrown out the window with a course like this.)
I got in about two minutes before 23-year-old Austinite Audra Teinert, who I talked to quite a bit before the race. She did well enough to finish 4th or 5th in her age group.
The event was well organized, timed by Run Far, who interestingly enough did the ConocoPhillips Rodeo Run 10K as opposed to Luke's or RunWild, and had a good post-race setup. The price after regular registration was a bit high ($30), but was worth it for a unique, different event.
I would take 290 East to Hwy. 21 (where I would go through Caldwell on the way to Bryan). In Bryan I picked up Hwy. 158 and eventually Hwy. 30 on into Huntsville for the second event of the day.
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